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Should have done it long ago, Sonakshi on Shatrughan Sinha quitting BJP

Veteran actor turned politician Shatrughan Singh joined congress
after quitting BJP today and his actress daughter Sonakshi Sinha honored her father's decision of the quitting the party that he is long associated with.

"It's his decision (to join the
Congress)," she told the reporters while speaking at HT India's Most
Stylish 2019 awards. "Being a party member from the beginning from the
time of JP Narayan ji,
Atal ji and
Advani ji,
my father has a lot of respect within the party and I feel the entire group has
not been given the respect they deserve. I think he has done it a bit too late,
and he should've done it long back," Sonakshi Sinha was quoted as saying
by the news agency ANI.

The doting daughter said that one should not shy away from change.

"I think if you are not happy with how
things are going on around you, you should not shy away from change. That's
what he did," Ms Sinha was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Shatrughan Sinha said that he left the party painfully.

"Painfully....on the way out of
BJP....But hopefully in the best direction under the dynamic leadership of my
dear friend Lalu Yadav and the desirable, most talked about leader from the
Nehru Gandhi family... the true family of nation builders...." he tweeted.

In another tweet on Friday, he shared pictures of him
with Mr Gandhi and called him the "hope of the nation".
"Something amazing has happened after the approval of my dear friend Lalu
Yadav ji.
Jai Bihar Jai Hind! A new direction, a new friend and a new leadership... God
bless... The Rahul Gandhi, hope of the nation," he tweeted in Hindi.